Problem-Solving Contracts in Gloucester

Problem Solving
Gloucestershire > Gloucester

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Gloucester requiring Problem-Solving skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Problem-Solving over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 6 13
Rank change year-on-year +2 +7 -4
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 24 20 30
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Gloucester 26.37% 23.81% 20.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 31.58% 27.03% 21.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 14 29
10th Percentile £216 £568 -
25th Percentile £325 £581 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £650 £275
Median % change year-on-year -34.62% +136.36% -42.11%
75th Percentile £570 £706 £400
90th Percentile £620 - £415
Gloucestershire median daily rate £425 £588 £400
% change year-on-year -27.66% +46.88% -25.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £26.12 - -
Gloucestershire median hourly rate £67.50 £33.00 £78.00
% change year-on-year +104.55% -57.69% +30.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Gloucester

Problem-Solving falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Gloucester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 76 74 139
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucester 83.52% 88.10% 94.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 55 109
10th Percentile £222 £400 £275
25th Percentile £400 £463 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +8.11%
75th Percentile £623 £631 £588
90th Percentile £745 £706 £669
Gloucestershire median daily rate £525 £550 £545
% change year-on-year -4.55% +0.92% +6.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 3
10th Percentile £21.04 £17.82 £40.60
25th Percentile £21.89 £18.85 £54.63
Median hourly rate £23.30 £21.00 £78.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.95% -73.08% -
75th Percentile £24.71 £26.81 -
90th Percentile £25.56 £31.88 -
Gloucestershire median hourly rate £67.50 £35.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year +92.86% -50.00% +116.05%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucester

Job postings citing Problem-Solving as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Gloucester.

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Gloucester

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Gloucester

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in Gloucester.

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in Gloucester

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in Gloucester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Gloucester over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Gloucester

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Gloucester

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in Gloucester.

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in Gloucester

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Gloucester by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 10 (41.67%) SharePoint
2 5 (20.83%) Confluence
3 4 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (4.17%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 10 (41.67%) Azure
2 7 (29.17%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (16.67%) Entra ID
3 4 (16.67%) Power Platform
4 3 (12.50%) SaaS
5 2 (8.33%) AWS
5 2 (8.33%) GCP
6 1 (4.17%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (4.17%) GitHub
6 1 (4.17%) Google Workspace
6 1 (4.17%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 3 (12.50%) VPN
2 1 (4.17%) DHCP
2 1 (4.17%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (16.67%) Power BI
2 2 (8.33%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 8 (33.33%) JIRA
2 2 (8.33%) Git
General
1 14 (58.33%) Social Skills
2 13 (54.17%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (20.83%) Local Government
4 4 (16.67%) Public Sector
5 3 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (4.17%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (4.17%) Finance
6 1 (4.17%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (20.83%) Administrator
2 4 (16.67%) Analyst
2 4 (16.67%) Support Engineer
3 3 (12.50%) Data Analyst
3 3 (12.50%) Lead
3 3 (12.50%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 3 (12.50%) Product Lead
3 3 (12.50%) SAP Analyst
3 3 (12.50%) SAP Data Analyst
4 2 (8.33%) Desktop Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) Desktop Support
4 2 (8.33%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) Developer
4 2 (8.33%) Full-Stack Developer
4 2 (8.33%) Project Manager
4 2 (8.33%) Senior
4 2 (8.33%) Senior Developer
4 2 (8.33%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
5 1 (4.17%) Business Analyst
5 1 (4.17%) SAP Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.33%) Node.js
1 2 (8.33%) React
1 2 (8.33%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.83%) Product Ownership
2 4 (16.67%) Onboarding
2 4 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (12.50%) iPad
3 3 (12.50%) iPhone
4 2 (8.33%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 8 (33.33%) Windows
2 4 (16.67%) Windows Server
3 3 (12.50%) Windows 10
4 1 (4.17%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (4.17%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (4.17%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 6 (25.00%) Migration
1 6 (25.00%) Project Management
2 5 (20.83%) ITIL
2 5 (20.83%) Task Automation
3 4 (16.67%) Agile
3 4 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (16.67%) Data Analysis
3 4 (16.67%) Decision-Making
3 4 (16.67%) ERP
3 4 (16.67%) Roadmaps
3 4 (16.67%) Root Cause Analysis
3 4 (16.67%) Scrum
3 4 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (12.50%) Data Visualisation
4 3 (12.50%) DevOps
4 3 (12.50%) Threat Analysis
4 3 (12.50%) User Stories
4 3 (12.50%) Visualisation
4 3 (12.50%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (33.33%) PowerShell
2 2 (8.33%) Go
2 2 (8.33%) JavaScript
2 2 (8.33%) Python
2 2 (8.33%) SQL
2 2 (8.33%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 13 (54.17%) Security Cleared
2 12 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (12.50%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (8.33%) DV Cleared
5 1 (4.17%) Degree
5 1 (4.17%) IIBA
5 1 (4.17%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.17%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 2 (8.33%) Docker
3 1 (4.17%) Hyper-V
3 1 (4.17%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (4.17%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (4.17%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (4.17%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (20.83%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (12.50%) McAfee ePO
2 3 (12.50%) Norton AntiVirus
2 3 (12.50%) SCCM
2 3 (12.50%) Single Sign-On
2 3 (12.50%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
2 3 (12.50%) Terraform
3 2 (8.33%) Kubernetes
4 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Clustering
4 1 (4.17%) NetApp OnCommand
4 1 (4.17%) vCenter Server
4 1 (4.17%) vMotion
4 1 (4.17%) WSUS
Vendors
1 11 (45.83%) Microsoft
2 6 (25.00%) McAfee
3 5 (20.83%) Ariba
3 5 (20.83%) SAP
4 3 (12.50%) Atlassian
4 3 (12.50%) Symantec
5 1 (4.17%) ServiceNow
5 1 (4.17%) VMware